Fospropofol disodium, a water-soluble prodrug of the intravenous anesthetic propofol (2,6-diisopropylphenol).

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) has a dismal prognosis. With the emergence of monoclonal antibodies and tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), several drugs were developed and tested in HNSCC. To date, the monoclonal...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Elicin O,Ozsahin M

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Background: To compare the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile, safety, and immunogenicity between golimumab and the biosimilar BAT2506 in healthy Chinese male subjects. Research design and methods: A total of 180 healthy male subjects were recruited for this randomized, double-blinded, single-dose, parallel study. They rece...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Wu M,Sun J,Wu D,Xu J,Wei J,Wang Z,Yu J,Li S,Zhang H,Ding Y

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (rrMM) remains a difficult condition to treat despite the availability of new drugs. This review aims to provide evidence to guide physicians in the choice of salvage therapy in certain subgroups of patients. AREAS COVERED:The review attempts to present evidence-based ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Offidani M,Corvatta L,Morabito F,Gentile M,Musto P,Leoni P,Palumbo A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fenofibrate is the most widely used fibrate. Its efficacy and tolerability in the treatment of hypertriglyceridaemia and combined hyperlipidaemia have been demonstrated in several clinical trials. OBJECTIVE:To review the pharmacology, lipid-lowering and extra-lipid effects of fenofibrate and to preview ABT-...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Filippatos T,Milionis HJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:GLP-1 receptor agonists have been shown to be effective in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Although the first GLP-1 receptor agonist, exenatide, was approved in the mid-2000s, other agents with longer durations of action (that do not require twice-daily dosing) are now being developed. In...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Garber AJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Female hormonal contraceptive methods have undergone slow change over the past four decades. Due to social, political and legal reasons, as well as medical complications, several new methods have been removed from the contraceptive armamentarium almost as quickly as they have been added. With worldwide unintended preg...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Economidis MA,Mishell DR Jr

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal chronic lung disease (CLD) is a persistent complication, primarily of premature infants. Postnatal glucocorticoid therapy is widely used in the treatment and prevention of CLD. Most studies reveal acute improvement in the pulmonary status of infants treated with postnatal glucocorticoid therapy. Recent studie...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Cole CH

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Oxidative stress toxicity (OST) has been implicated in almost all pathological conditions. Despite the widespread use of natural antioxidants, no pharmaceutical antioxidants have yet been developed or prescribed in medical practise. Antioxidant drugs such as Deferiprone and N-acetylcysteine can target esse...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Kontoghiorghes GJ,Kontoghiorghe CN

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is a chronic, debilitating disease that afflicts millions of people worldwide and poor glycemic control in this disease leads to numerous microvascular and macrovascular complications. There is growing evidence that tight glycemic control prevents the development, and delays the progression, of microvascular ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Mudaliar S

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prinomastat (formerly AG3340, Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) is a potent, selective oral inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-2, -9, -13 and -14. This peculiar selectivity should represent an advantage for prinomastat in terms of efficacy/tolerability. The drug has been shown to inhibit tumour growth and angiogenesis...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Scatena R

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Crizotinib is a first-in-class ALK tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), which has proven its superiority over standard platinum-based chemotherapy for the first-line therapy of ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. The development of acquired resistance to crizotinib represents an ongoing...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Karachaliou N,Santarpia M,Gonzalez Cao M,Teixido C,Sosa AE,Berenguer J,Rodriguez Capote A,Altavilla G,Rosell R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The term 'blood substitute' is commonly used to describe products which can carry and deliver oxygen. These products are also referred to as 'oxygen carriers' or 'oxygen therapeutics'. Blood substitutes are a new generation of oxygen therapeutics and their introduction will redefine treatment approaches in a wide rang...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Gulati A

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:EGFR has been implicated in various malignancies such as NSCLC, breast, head and neck, and pancreatic cancer. Numerous drugs have been developed in order to target the tyrosine domain of EGFR as an approach in cancer treatment. AREAS COVERED:This article focuses on the different generations of EGFR tyrosi...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Lee CC,Shiao HY,Wang WC,Hsieh HP

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies over the last few years have suggested that modulating the glutamatergic system may be an efficient method to achieve an antidepressant effect. Data suggest that metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGlu receptors), related to long-term, modulatory effects on glutamatergic neurotransmission, may be a goo...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Palucha A

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association of abnormalities in the cellular and humoral immune system with various autoimmune diseases provides the rationale for apheresis technologies. While plasmapheresis or plasma exchange is limited by its non-selective removal of all plasma components, modern apheresis techniques aim to provide more specif...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Braun N,Bosch T

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vasopressin system is complex and interacts with the central nervous, cardiovascular, renal, and hematological systems. Vasopressin plays an important role in the control of blood osmolarity and vascular tone, but is also involved in many other physiological events, which are mediated mainly via three types of vas...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Favory R,Salgado DR,Vincent JL

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eating disorders anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder are common, significant public health problems which are treated with nutritional, psychotherapeutic and pharmacological interventions. A number of drugs (mostly antidepressant drugs) are currently used in their treatment to some benefit,...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Crow S,Brown E

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite recent advances, pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains a devastating disease which harbors a poor prognosis. Novel therapeutic approaches directly targeting pulmonary vascular remodeling are warranted. AREAS COVERED:This review delineates the current limitations in the management of PAH an...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： ten Freyhaus H,Dumitrescu D,Berghausen E,Vantler M,Caglayan E,Rosenkranz S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) is associated with increased hospitalization rates and high in-hospital mortality, and has emerged as a major public health problem over the past decade. In recent years, several new drugs and therapeutic approaches have failed to reduce short- and long-term morbidity...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Triposkiadis F,Parissis JT,Starling RC,Skoularigis J,Louridas G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by bronchial hyper-reactivity. Although many currently available treatment regimens are effective, poor symptom control and refractory severe disease still represent major unmet needs. In the last years, numerous molecular therapeutic targets that inte...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Santus P,Radovanovic D

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:IMPORTANCE OF THIS FIELD: Microtubule-inhibiting drugs are among the most commonly prescribed agents in the combat against cancer, though the clinical use of these drugs is limited by acquired resistance, risk of hypersensitivity reactions and intolerable toxicity. With progress in our understanding of cytos...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Chen SM,Meng LH,Ding J

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parasitic infections are widespread in developing countries and frequently associated with immunocompromised patients in developed countries. Consequently, such infections are responsible for a significant amount of human mortality, morbidity and economic hardship. A growing consensus has identified the urgent need fo...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Soeiro MN,De Souza EM,Stephens CE,Boykin DW

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors are a new class of targeted anticancer agents. Several HDAC inhibitors are in clinical trials and have shown significant activity against a spectrum of both haematological and solid tumours at doses that are well tolerated by patients. HDACs and histone acetyltransferases can, by ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Marks PA,Dokmanovic M

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeting cellular proliferation persists as a mainstay of cancer therapeutic strategy. Although microtubule-targeting drugs (such as taxanes and vinca alkaloids) have been used successfully in the clinic to treat a variety of cancers, they carry substantial liabilities that have spurred drug companies to aggressively...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Miglarese MR,Carlson RO

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Based partially on encouraging findings from preclinical models, interest has grown in therapeutic inhibition of NF-kappaB to limit inflammatory injury during sepsis. However, NF-kappaB also regulates protective responses, and predicting the net survival effects of such inhibition may be difficult. OBJECTIV...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Li X,Su J,Cui X,Li Y,Barochia A,Eichacker PQ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an age-associated, progressive, and irreversible fatal interstitial lung disease. Although many drugs have failed in clinical trials, these failures improved the understanding of the pathogenesis of IPF. Currently, there are two drugs approved for IPF that slow the pr...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Sato S,Yanagihara T,Kolb MRJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interstitial cystitis (IC) is a painful, sterile, disorder of the urinary bladder characterised by urgency, frequency, nocturia and pain. IC occurs primarily in women but also in men with recent findings indicating that chronic, abacterial prostatitis may be a variant of this condition. The prevalence of IC has ranged...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Theoharides TC,Sant GR

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helicobacter pylori infection causes peptic ulcer disease and must be regarded as a serious infectious disease. Over the past two decades treatment of the infection has been a controversial issue. Treatment is purely empirical and based on combinations of two, three or four existing drugs. Antimicrobial resistance is ...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： de Boer WA

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Myocardial fibrosis is a remarkably dynamic process mediated by different molecular pathways that represent potential targets of novel therapeutic interventions. Transforming Growth Factor-beta (TGF-β), connective Tissue Growth Factor (cTGF) and Galectin-3 (Gal-3) represent the most promising targets on wh...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Spoladore R,Falasconi G,Fiore G,Di Maio S,Preda A,Slavich M,Margonato A,Fragasso G

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:'Male factor' problems contribute to subfertility in a significant proportion of couples. In some instances, defective sperm production has qualitative and/or quantitative effects on the semen profile; in others, no obvious defects can be detected, yet spermatozoa are non-fertilising. Recent studies have revealed that...

journal_title：Expert opinion on investigational drugs

authors： Fraser LR

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00